And that’s the kindly aunt of British papers. Let’s see what the tabloids say.
Edit: Liew’s scathing column cited already upthread
2024 UEFA Men’s European Championship
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And that’s the kindly aunt of British papers. Let’s see what the tabloids say.
Edit: Liew’s scathing column cited already upthread
There's so much of it that's just England doing England stuff, but some of it seems very easily fixable.
A team with two players playing out of position looks disjointed you say? Maybe don’t play two players out of position then.
A team with two players playing out of position looks disjointed you say? Maybe don’t play two players out of position then.
It looks like Southgate is putting names on a team sheet and then trying to fit them into a formation without any concept of balance or strengths. Kane is caught between being a 9 and a 10 and doing neither. Bellingham, Kane, and Foden are either tripping over each other trying to play in the same space or creating separation that leaves them out of touch. It’s painful. One of those three needs to sit for Watkins to run in behind, otherwise they’ll never break the last line.
I love TAA, but it looks like he’s been given specific instructions to use his long passing and not much else. Instead of keeping the ball moving and shifting the defenders, he’s pausing to see if there’s a hero ball available, allowing the defense to set and removing the threat of switching the point of attack.
I read a take somewhere that Deschamps will balance talent and experience to keep his side cohesive. I don’t know the French team well enough to say if that’s true, but it’s what this England team is lacking. They look like a pickup squad.
I love TAA, but it looks like he’s been given specific instructions to use his long passing and not much else. Instead of keeping the ball moving and shifting the defenders, he’s pausing to see if there’s a hero ball available, allowing the defense to set and removing the threat of switching the point of attack.
I read a take somewhere that Deschamps will balance talent and experience to keep his side cohesive. I don’t know the French team well enough to say if that’s true, but it’s what this England team is lacking. They look like a pickup squad.
Switched between Celtics parade and the first game. Ukraine with a huge come from behind win over Slovakia. Amazing celebrations in the crowd at full time.
Good for Yaremchuk. He was playing for Benfica when the Russian-Ukranian war began. He was open with how much the invasion affected him.
Early goals all over the tournmament. It has been insane so far. 17 of 20 games had a first half goal. And two of the three that didn't ended up as absolute bangers anyway (POR/CZE and SLO/SER). The only game that was kind of dull was perhaps the biggest marquee game of the round, Italy v. Spain.
This tournament is just off the hook. Most games with decisive results. Every game with a goal. Multiple points earned from a losing position. It's crazy.
That is a thing of beauty. Finally something for England to cheer for.
Only thing worse than giving up a penalty and getting the foul with your face and a yellow would be a red.
It was a tackle and he didn't get any of the ball. It's no different from a tackle with your foot. It was in the box.
There should be some discretion. He was diving for the ball and it didn’t prevent a goal.
I think refs have some discretion whether contact was sufficient or a player has gone down too easily. But by and large, fouls in the box are fouls in the box. They are always penalties, whether or not it deprives a scoring chance. Heck, you see attackers with their back to the goal on the edge of the box get fouled and it's a penalty. The attacker played direct and did not initiate contact and he was fouled in the box. Looks weird because we don't usually see fouls with the face, but I think that's a pretty clear foul.
Taylor as ref is the worst choice for the Dutch. They got history. Case in point, that’s not a yellow.
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Interesting tactics from Koeman. Let the French make the game, they are a counter attacking team.
Second half much slower than the first. Both teams spent a lot of energy. Game for the subs. Taylor really starting to favor the French.
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Like most matches it needs a goal for the other team to go full on the offensive.
I'm with Donovan. The keeper is never saving this, but he's going to be bailed out due to proximity.
Since when has that mattered ? And the sideline ref had no idea as to the proximity of the players
Agreed. The only way the rules about swarming the officials work is if the official takes the time to speak calmly with the captains. Hockey does this well.
I posted above how the games have been so good -- so many goals, decisive games, early goals making the game open up. The two games that have arguably been the slowest and least "exciting" in that way are the Italy v. Spain and France v. Netherlands games. I suppose that makes sense. It's kind of like the early rounds in the NCAA tournament. But when the big boys play it gets a lot more tactical and defensive. Reason to think the group stage will be more exciting than the knockouts I guess.
Is no one watching Georgia-Czechia ? Wildly entertaining game - Georgia with a PEN at the half - after having a goal ruled out at the other end by an arm brush